A red flag, ten crashes, favorites on the mat is nothing to say that this Moto3 qualifying session was hectic. In the end, it was Bastianini who won by taking his second consecutive pole position this year. Behind, the young people are growing.
Here are the references available at the start of this session:
| Sachsenring | 2015 | 2016 |
| FP1 | 1'27.026 Danny Kent | 1'28.196 Romano Fenati |
| FP2 | 1'26.937 Danny Kent | 1'27.496 Enea Bastianini |
| FP3 | 1'26.174 Danny Kent | 1'27.162 Enea Bastianini |
| Q | 1'26.420 Danny Kent | |
| Course | Kent/Vazquez/Bastianini | |
| Track record | 1'26.174 Danny Kent |
The engine of the Mahindra had to Webb spits his oil at the start of the exercise to shake things up. The Briton went to the mat but by dirtying the trajectories before his misfortune, he involuntarily sealed the fate of fenati in turn 3, Martin in curve 6, By Giannantonio in turn 4, the same one which got the better of the collarbone ofAntonelli Next. The Italian is having a dark year and with this latest incident recorded his fifteenth fall of the season.
A succession of misfortunes which brought out the red flag for the cleaning of the Sachsenring track. This done, hostilities resumed, as did the falls, notably with a fenati, again, who after having fallen three times at turn three since the start of the meeting, cut the road Mir at turn 1. The two Italians fell and the driver of the VR46 will not be able to resurface afterwards. He will start only eighteenth, behind his teammate Open up sixteenth but in front of his other box companion Migno, thirtieth after also experiencing the pangs of the fall.
The other protagonists who found themselves on the ground are Herrera et Guevara. The last mentioned regrets a fractured left wrist. Those who managed to stay on their motorbikes were first of all the young people who almost carried out their coup d'état. Locatelli is thus second after having held pole until the last seconds. Canet follows and is registered on a first line refused to Bendsneyder equally experienced. NAVARRO, for his return, takes a good top 5 in front of the championship leader Binder, dominated by his teammate.
On the French side, we thank again Danilo, not seventh in front McPhee which makes us forget Masbou on the Peugeot. The latter is twenty-fourth. As for fabio quartararo, it will be the twelfth cone on the starting grid, with a sore thumb.
Sachsenring, Moto3, Qualifying: Chronos
1. Enea Bastianini ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda) 1m 27.129s
2. Andrea Locatelli ITA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 27.448s
3. Aron canet SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 27.501s
4. Will Bendsneyder NED Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 27.522s
5. Jorge Navarro SPA Estrella Galicia 0,0 (Honda) 1m 27.538s
6. Brad Binder RSA Red Bull KTM Ajo (KTM) 1m 27.566s
7. Jules Danilo FRA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 27.639s
8. John mcphee GBR Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 27.739s
9. Hiroki Ono JPN Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 27.819s
10. George Martin SPA Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 27.875s
11. Francis Bagnaia ITA Pull & Bear ASPAR Mahindra Team (Mahindra) 1m 27.939s
12. fabio quartararo FRA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 27.990s
13. Juanfran Guevara SPA RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 28.017s
14. gabriel rodrigo ARG RBA Racing Team (KTM) 1m 28.022s
15. Jakub Kornfeil CZE Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda)
1m 28.219s
16. Livio Law BEL RW Racing GP BV (Honda) 1m 28.317s
17. Roman Fenati ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 28.323s
18. Joan mir SPA Leopard Racing (KTM) 1m 28.360s
19. Philipp Oettl GER Schedl GP Racing (KTM) 1m 28.390s
20. Khairul Idham Pawi MAL Honda Team Asia (Honda) 1m 28.397s
21. Nicholas Bulega ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 28.402s
22. Fabio DiGiannantonio ITA Gresini Racing Moto3 (Honda)
1m 28.424s
23. Tatsuki suzuki JPN CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 28.469s
24. Alexis Masbou FRA Peugeot MC Saxoprint (Peugeot) 1m 28.492s
25. Maria Herrera SPA MH6 Team (KTM) 1m 28.492s
26. Adam Norrodin MAL Drive M7 SIC Racing Team (Honda) 1m 28.698s
27. Stefano Valtulini ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 28.780s
28. Maximillian Kappler GER KRM-RZT (KTM) 1m 28.955s
29. Niccolo Antonelli ITA Ongetta-Rivacold (Honda) 1m 28.973s
30. Andrea Migno ITA SKY Racing Team VR46 (KTM) 1m 29.343s
31. Darryn binder RSA Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra)
1m 29.412s
32. Lorenzo Petrarca ITA 3570 Team Italia (Mahindra) 1m 29.619s
33. Tim Georgi GER Freudenberg Racing Team (KTM) 1m 30.265s
34. Fabio Spiranelli ITA CIP-Unicom Starker (Mahindra) 1m 30.526s
Danny Webb GBR Platinum Bay Real Estate (Mahindra) No Time
